I can’t bethink the aftermost time I had a shot, and allegedly I’m not alone. Adults are awfully lax about acknowledging with recommended anesthetic schedules, according to a contempo Wall Street Account report.

According to the Centers for Ache Control and Prevention, alone 2.1 percent of adults ages 18 to 64 are immunized adjoin tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough, the account reports. A vaccine adjoin shingles is recommended for all adults over 60, but alone 1.9 percent of adults accept been immunized. Fewer than 30 percent of the adults at accomplished accident for flu complications get flu shots.

Part of the botheration is that adults don’t apperceive their amnesty has waned from adolescence shots and doctors generally don’t admonish them. Another acumen adults aren’t motivated to get shots: allowance companies generally don’t pay for them.

The commodity includes a accessible chart, based on advice from the Centers for Ache Control and Prevention, that shows the shots you should be getting, at what age and the cost. They include:

Shot: Tetanus/diphtheria/whooping ahem ($65)Age: 19 to 64 years, one dose.